Overview
- CDC supports the nation's public health response to chemical terrorism, opioids, and other emergencies involving select toxins. CDC develops and uses high-quality laboratory methods to detect people's exposures to toxic chemicals during a chemical threat emergency.
- CDC also provides training, resources, and technical support to improve state, local, and territorial public health laboratories' chemical threat emergency preparedness and response capabilities.
- On this page you will find examples of this important work in action.
